France woke up today to devastated streets after clashes between police and protesters, mass looting and fires erupted nationwide as marches against rising costs of living degenerated into "extreme" violence.

Government and trade unions are preparing for the start of formal negotiations on a new public sector pay deal.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that US President Donald Trump's waiver of sweeping sanctions and tariffs on Russia would be a 60-day pause to "analyse" their impact on the global economy.

A "serious incident" at a military base in western Canada killed and injured multiple people and sparked a huge blaze yesterday, the government said.

A man and a woman have appeared in court charged in connection with the arson attack in Waterford in which Philip English, his wife Kim English, and their children Callum and Jayden died.